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RTÉ currently plans to cease operation of its longwave radio service to the UK on 19th Jan 2015. A service that Irish citizens in the UK have been listening to, and relying on, for many decades, and one that remains … Continue reading →

This looks like good craic… At the end of 2013 Blackrock Castle Observatory (Cork Institute of Technology) will be sending a postcard from Ireland to the planet Epsilon Eridani B. The Gathering is going cosmic! About 10.5 light years away, … Continue reading →

Ireland is introducing a property tax in 2013, and the setting of rates and how the revenue is spent will be under the control of elected representatives. The new income will be allocated to the provision of local services and … Continue reading →

Gabriel Byrne caused a bit of a furore this week concerning The Gathering Ireland 2013, resulting in a clarification from the Minister for Tourism, Leo Varadkar: ‘Obviously the gathering isn’t just about America, and it’s not not even just about … Continue reading →

Voting Rights for Irish Citizens Abroad

Voting Rights for Irish Citizens Abroad

Fine Gael : 7th Feb 2011 - "We are proposing that in the upcoming presidential election that we would allow eligible Irish citizens abroad to vote at Irish embassies, and if that is a success we hope to extend the practice to general elections so that Irish people whether they’re living in Boston, or Toronto, or Sydney, or Brussels or wherever will actually have a say in how their country is being governed."

Labour : 8th Feb 2011 - “Currently, the only people entitled to an absentee vote are civil servants and military personnel who are working out of the country. We want this to be extended to all emigrants, at least during their first five years out of the country.”

Department of the Taoiseach:

I request that the Irish government honour its pre-election statement of intent to review, identify, and implement a fair system of voting rights and political representation within Ireland for Irish citizens abroad.

I request that the Irish government honour its pre-election statement of intent.